Sheriff's deputies have shot and killed a man they were trying to arrest on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said deputies went Monday to serve a warrant on Lawrence Bottoms. Adam said Bottoms, 29, was wanted in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, for being a felon in possession of gun.When Bottoms didn't come out, a special response team fired multiple rounds of tear gas.Adam said when deputies broke open the front door of the house on stilts, Bottoms jumped from a second-story window and ran.When Bottoms reached officers, Adam said the man drew his gun and officers shot him.Officers arrested Allison Rainey, who surrendered, charging her with harboring a fugitive.One deputy was bitten by another deputy's K-9 dog during the incident.

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. —

Sheriff's deputies have shot and killed a man they were trying to arrest on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said deputies went Monday to serve a warrant on Lawrence Bottoms. Adam said Bottoms, 29, was wanted in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, for being a felon in possession of gun.

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When Bottoms didn't come out, a special response team fired multiple rounds of tear gas.

Adam said when deputies broke open the front door of the house on stilts, Bottoms jumped from a second-story window and ran.

When Bottoms reached officers, Adam said the man drew his gun and officers shot him.

Officers arrested Allison Rainey, who surrendered, charging her with harboring a fugitive.

One deputy was bitten by another deputy's K-9 dog during the incident.